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Next, I did some basic shaping of the seat rim using a combination of saw and axe. Again, I was looking for a textured finish that shows off the tool marks. Place your wallpaper with the paste side up against your furniture and smooth it out from the centre, working out any bubbles or creases this will help to avoid it bubbling once dry. Which is, or course, who I am, a muddleheaded man at best. And since we should try leaving a part of who

Take those twigs and create a beautiful bird’s nest that you can use to decorate anywhere in your garden. Kids are going to adore this project and they can help you to gather twigs and put the bird’s nest together. It’s pretty simple to do and when you’re finished, you can add “eggs” and a bird to your nest to make it look more authentic. I painted mine for that whimsical look. If you want to do the same I suggest some watered down artist acrylics sealed in with some linseed oil. I was upcycling a wooden desk, so I cleaned the surface with a sugar soap/water mixture and lightly sanded it. I wanted to prepare the surface so that the wood glue would attach well. Plan your layoutwe are in the things we make, I found a light bulb of inspiration being lit by none other than Ruth Park, creator of The Muddle-headed Wombat.

Use a pencil to mark out how much wallpaper you will need for each piece of furniture, which you can measure with your tape measure. Make sure that you do this as accurate as possible as cutting away any overlap is extremely difficult and will require a very steady hand.

13. Garden Plant Support

A tool for hollowing the seat – a carving gouge will do the job, but I used a hand adze and a Swedish bowl hollowing tool called a trågskav The head and face are carved into the comb of the chair. To prepare this piece, I started with a naturally bent cherry branch and split it in two using a froe to guide the split.